Saturday, August 22, 2009

It was one of those weeks, in Cajun Country, where the need to escape to a peaceful place in nature, became an absolute must! A friend called and invited me to spend a night at their family camp on the Atchafalaya Basin. The perfect thing to get my mind off the fact that I had to re-schedule my travel plans, due to Hurricane Bill cruising the east coast. Not exactly the perfect beach weekend, there. Hurricanes seem to be attracted to me. Katrina hit ON my birthday, that year, forcing me to cancel a New Orleans birthday bash, that I had planned. Had to make do, with no electricity, and sleeping in my bathtub, on lots of quilts and pillows. I spend most hurricanes, locked in my bathroom, since it is the only room in the house without windows.I'm not complaining, as so many others were not so fortunate with that one.

We made the short 15 minute drive to Henderson and stopped for lunch on the way in for some succulent Cajun seafood. A fried seafood platter reminded me that this was a great idea. Nothing like fresh, fried catfish, shrimp, and stuffed crabs to put a smile on anyone's face. Oh, cest bon!

We then decided to stop in at one of our favorite little places on the levee, Turtles Bar, at Basin Landing. As soon as we drove up, I saw my friend, Perry, (the guy with the cowboy hat), on the porch. He lives in the area and knows the swamp very well, and he's as canaille as they come!

Here is the entrance to this little hideaway, where the ice cold beer is flowing and the jukebox is playing whatever kind of music that the patrons want to hear. Someone wanted to hear Credence Clearwater Revival, and sunk $5. in, so it was a blast from the past, from there. Oh, the life of a Cajun is oh, so fun!! To be continued.....***********************************************************************************************One of my favorite, vintage, Swamp Rock bands! Enjoy!

22 comments:

Great post, love the urtles Bar shot; cold beer, shrimp, catfish, swamp land; sounds like Robicheaux country. Hope he weekend turned out as good as it started. Luckily we don't get hurricanes, we don't need to sleep in the bath.Have a good one.

Great post and golly I could use that beer now after my 'biblical acrobatics' and some fishy food which would be very good for my brain (the phoshorus makes it work better) plus it is a powerful aphrodisiac. Plus it will oil my hip joint to enable me to run faster.Regarding hurricanes shame I am not thee to hold your hand!But in the Wizard of Oz there is a tornado to face together - can't wait.brw Do you like my legs? ~ Eddie

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but -- believe it or not -- CCR were all from Palo Alto, CA, in the Bay Area. They win the award for the most unSan Francisco San Francisco Band Ever! In spite of that, they became the greatest swamp rock band ever. I think I'll have to do a Just A Song Entry on them.

I like the bayou and swamp pictures on the Creedance Clearwater clip it reminds me of when my husband and I last went to Louisiana to celebrate one of our wedding anniversaries. We were in a place where the water came up to the door of the cabin and we could feed the alligators from the door. I took a lot of still pictures, I need to find them for you and tell you where we were in Louisiana – I think it was not far from Baton Rouge.

Cal. Girl- If you ever come to Cajun Country, I will take you around and show you a bon' ton', cher! Cheers!Glad that you fared well in the storm!

K- Thanks for pointing that out, but my cousin lived in Palo Alto for 20 years and I lived out there for a while, too, in the early 70's, which is how I became a fan. I was referring to the music as being Southern, not the group. lol

A Year on the Grill- Thanks, Dude. It all seems to be working out for the best, now. And it was a fun weekend. Thanks for the link to the video. I'll check it out!

Vagabonde- Glad you liked the video, cher. I had to search for quite a while to find it! You should definitely do a post on your Louisiana trip. I would love it! Cheers! Have a great week!

Oh boy, it looks great, I've never been to your part of the world but I just know I'd love it if I ever got the chance. I love the music and the food.I think Hurricane Bill turned out to be not quite as severe as anticipated, but it's better to be safe than sorry, I think you'll agree!

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Welcome to Cajun country and to my blog. I am a Cajun gal who was born and raised on the Bayou Vermilion. The area is rich in history and culture and is a very fun place to live. Fabulous cuisine, incredible music, and fun loving people with a joie de vivre, (love of life). You will learn about the Acadian French people and their culture, and best of all, you will learn how to prepare the world famous Cajun cuisine. Lassiez les bon temps rouler, cher!